Countries
Ukraine
Belarus, Poland
National Language
Ukraine
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
dobry dzień
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Dabranač
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
будь ласк
Kali laska
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
Vybačajcie
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
da pabačennia
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Podillian
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
North-East Belarus
Dialect 2
Volynian
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
South-West Belarus
Dialect 3
Steppe
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Middle Belarus
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
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Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
ukrainien
biélorusse
German Name
Ukrainisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
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Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Belarusians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
Belarusian
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
ukra1253
bela1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Ukrainian and Belarusian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Ukrainian and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Belarusian language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Ukrainian and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.